Short Term IT Course for 3months - Any Recommendations Please

oldaussie on 21/01/2018 - 19:28

Hello Guys,

I got around 3 months paid leave starting Feb. I work in IT and live in Sydney.

I can only spend max 2k as fee.

Any good skill that I can add?

I was looking at Python courses but I couldn't find any short courses.

Please. Any help appreciated..

Education & Work

Comments

  • urahara on 21/01/2018 - 20:09
    +3

    If you can, learn it for free using Lynda.com app (which is readily available across libraries)
    In frontend development react sounds a good idea (head to egghead.io(paid) or youtube(free))
    Otherwise udacity which will be bit costly but will pave a way for new career path.
    Hope it helps.

  • aidhan on 21/01/2018 - 20:21
    +1

    I know the TAFE near me runs short courses for industry certifications such as the CCNA or CompTia A+, maybe that'd be worth looking at.

  • hogwarts on 21/01/2018 - 20:46
    +1

    Is the $2k company money or your money? If your money, go through Lynda.com and if it is company money, try to make use of every cent.

    • oldaussie on 21/01/2018 - 22:07

      My money unfortunately. Lol.

      I get paid for 3 months that's it.

  • Donaldhump on 21/01/2018 - 21:10
    +1

    What’s your current role in IT, and what do you want to do in future. I learned most python from YouTube, heaps of good videos on there.

    Can make a game as a project, or make something with a raspberry pi

    https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/fart-detector/3

    Be the envy of your friends

    • oldaussie on 21/01/2018 - 22:07

      I only do basic Unix stuff and basic scripting. I realised that am not a programmer for Java or .Net

      Thanks mate. Let me look into Python scripting

    • dogboy on 21/01/2018 - 23:03
      +1

      Good comment. To be honest, there isn't much on the programming/scripting side that you can't learn from online courses/ebooks/support forums. Taking a course is just going to cost a lot of money and give you an introduction to the topic. Best to save the money to pay for certification exams.

  • onetwothreefour on 22/01/2018 - 06:44
    +1

    3 months paid leave? Go traveling and enjoy life.

    • Third_Gear on 22/01/2018 - 07:14

      This. While learning how to code on the go!!!

      • Donaldhump on 22/01/2018 - 08:28
        +2

        I’d do this for sure

        I did courses in India dirt cheap for 4 weeks in different cities, learnt heaps and tax right off to. Language barrier bit thought as tutor spoke fast, but still fun. This was some time ago so prices may have caught up

  • Quantumcat on 22/01/2018 - 09:16
    +1

    I have a couple of PDF Java textbooks if you want them. PM me your email address if so

  • Magus on 25/01/2018 - 21:02
    +1

    If you have worked in a larger environment, I would recommend self study ITIL or Prince 2.
    Both will help you advance, exams cost a few hundred.

    The number of technical staff that have no knowledge of release schedueing, how to work and stay focused as a team.

    ITIL without some IT environment experience is useless though.

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